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Online tool measures up
A NEW online tool for measuring children's feet has been launched by kids' footwear brand Start-rite.
The company has commissioned scientists from the University of East Anglia to develop the photographic fitting system, which allows parents to buy fitted shoes over the internet. To use the tool, a measuring grid is downloaded and printed out from the Start-rite website.
Parents then take digital photographs of the child's feet on the grid, from three different angles.
A NEW online tool for measuring children's feet has been launched by kids' footwear brand Start-rite.
The company has commissioned scientists from the University of East Anglia to develop the photographic fitting system, which allows parents to buy fitted shoes over the internet. To use the tool, a measuring grid is downloaded and printed out from the Start-rite website.
Parents then take digital photographs of the child's feet on the grid, from three different angles.
300m pairs of shoes left unworn
OVER 300 million pairs of shoes are being left unworn in the UK because they have been bought even when they don't fit.
New research from Hush Puppies has revealed that although one in five women in the UK own more than 25 pairs, most are left gathering dust in the bottom of their wardrobes.
Over 70 per cent of women claimed that they don't wear half of their shoe collection and admitted this was because they had bought a pair of shoes that didn't fit properly and then never put them on.
OVER 300 million pairs of shoes are being left unworn in the UK because they have been bought even when they don't fit.
New research from Hush Puppies has revealed that although one in five women in the UK own more than 25 pairs, most are left gathering dust in the bottom of their wardrobes.
Over 70 per cent of women claimed that they don't wear half of their shoe collection and admitted this was because they had bought a pair of shoes that didn't fit properly and then never put them on.
